C++ is almost universally reviled. But I am grateful to know it. Here's why: C++ was my first programming language, I picked it up quickly and had fun and stil

C++ is almost universally reviled. But I am grateful to know it. Here's why: C++ was my first programming language, I picked it up quickly and had fun and still do. I still have fun in C++ despite the fact that it is most certainly a horrifically complicated language, juggling chainsaws and all that. The only good reason I can think of to learn C++ instead of C or D, is because it will make every other language you are ever exposed to look easy. That's why I am grateful it was my first language. Who knows, I might not have ever learned it, if I was fluent in one or more other programming languages already. Also C++ jobs tend to pay well, but that's the wrong reason to go into chainsaw juggling.